Anasuya Sengupta creates history at Cannes, becomes 1st Indian to win Un Certain Regard best actressVartha Bharati | 25-05-2024 | 16:45:00 ISTPC: indianexpress.comCannes, May 25: Anasuya Sengupta, one of the lead stars of Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov's Hindi-language movie "The Shameless", has created history by bagging the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard category of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. I’m here for you, to be the one you need THANK YOU @festivaldecannes," Sengupta wrote in the caption. British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri's "Santosh" was part of the Un Certain Regard category as well but didn't win any award. The Un Certain Regard, which runs parallel to the festival's main competition, aims to highlight new trends, new paths and new countries of cinema. The best director trophy was shared by Roberto Minervini of "The Damned" and Rungano Nyoni for "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl".

Source: Indian Express May 25, 2024 14:17 UTC